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Benny Goodman Story
 
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Benny Goodman Story (1955)
Starring: Steve Allen, Donna Reed Director: Valentine Davies Rating
4.2 out of 5 stars  (26 customer reviews)


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Product Details
  • Actors: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten, Barry Truex, Herbert Anderson
  • Directors: Valentine Davies
  • Format: Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
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  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • VHS Release Date: March 1, 1992
  • Run Time: 116 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  (26 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 630018112X
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,887 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews
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It lacks the tragic ending of The Glenn Miller Story, a smash hit released a year earlier, but this enjoyable musical biopic does a nice job of blending Benny Goodman's sweet swinging clarinet with a healthy dose of Hollywood hokum. The emphasis is on Goodman's struggle to get "hot music" into the mainstream, and his shy wooing of a socialite (Donna Reed). With Steve Allen cast as the bespectacled Goodman, there's a comic undertone to the bandleader's somewhat geeky demeanor, and Allen (a musician himself) is believable fronting the orchestra. Real-life swing figures, including Goodman Quartet players Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson, and Lionel Hampton, lend verisimilitude. The climax comes with Goodman's legendary 1938 jazz concert at Carnegie Hall, a turning point in American popular music--and the sight of a mild-mannered man in a tuxedo leading his band through the glorious frenzy of "Sing, Sing, Sing" remains a delight. --Robert Horton

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